James Campbell Livingston visit to Nauvoo
James Campbell Livingston, before the Harmon ox train left Keokuk, was guarding a cattle herd opposite Nauvoo. He crossed over and met Emma Smith’s husband, Major Bidamon, “who took us in his carriage and showed us the residences of Brigham Young and several of the Twelve Apostles and also Joseph’s farm. The temple was burned, but part of the walls were standing and we were much interested even in the ruins.”
Ref: Autobiography of James Campbell Livingston as found in Ronald B. Livingston, comp., Descendants of Archibald Livingston (n.p.: Livingston Family Association, 1980), 153.